Term Gallery logo

Meanings of jocose in inglês

Playful and characterized by jokes.

Related terms
Usage of jocose in inglês
1
Fortunately, the Crows were in a jocose, rather than a sanguinary mood.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mou...
2
And also it offers people a chance to be jocose with facility.
The Price of Love
3
He even, as time passed, became in a sardonic fashion almost jocose.
The Top of the World
4
Indeed, one newspaper diarist wrote a jocose, rather knowing remark about it.
The Irish Times
5
Surveying himself complacently in the glass, it pleased Mr. Toomey to be jocose.
The Fighting Shepherdess
6
But the former jocose tone was lacking and he appeared thoughtful.
The Rainbow Trail
7
Her course was arrested by a howl from the jocose youth.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
8
The claret had made Mr. Soper not only sociable but jocose.
The Divine Fire
9
His native dialect he generally employed on jocose and familiar subjects.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
10
His lyre shall be jocose, his plectrum of the lighter sort.
Horace and His Influence
11
Philip was nervous, but tried to hide the fact by a jocose manner.
Of Human Bondage
12
Valentine only laughed, as if he considered the question merely rhetorical or jocose.
Flames
13
Counsel was merciless and coarsely jocose, and brought off several laughs.
Australia Felix
14
The time came and with it Sir John Bell, large, sharp-eyed, and jocose.
Doctor Therne
15
Mr. Gammon, whose countenance had fallen, turned to the mother with jocose remonstrance.
The Town Traveller
16
I have been asked why I employed a pleasant, jocose, and diverting style.
Classic French Course in English
About this term
More collocations
Jocose through the time
Jocose across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common